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Does anyone know if a sidewider explosion destroys the “object” or is there anything left that is recoverable?
I don’t know that this is true, but on Warroom today they said one of the “objects” we shot down was allegedly one of our own weather balloons.
That would be fitting.... a 400k missile to shoot down a National Weather Service balloon. You can’t make this stuff up so it’s probably true.
How about Alaska, Yukon, Montana, or Lake Huron?
Wimps.
In the wreckage, did they find a sign that said: “Smile! You’re on Candid Camera!!” /s
A lot of balloon stuff, so where are the pics of the electronics hanging from it?
It is just not safe to be an alien right now. USAF is trigger happy.
Bkmk
It looks like somebody’s laundry. No tickee No shirtee.
Found a use for the hovercraft!!!
What happened with balloon 2? I’m not satisfied with “it floated down to south America don’t worry”- did I miss a “resolution”
One thing I’ve wondered is how this balloon (or balloons) has been transmitting its data back to the ChiComs. Since China is just a wee bit beyond direct line of sight, it must be transmitting either up to a satellite, or down to ? (spies on the ground, the cellular phone network, etc.). If it’s using a satellite, then that satellite would have to be in geosynchronous orbit over the U.S. or receiving transmissions from the balloon in bursts as it passes overhead. But I’m really wondering if it isn’t transmitting down to the cell network, and maybe using Chinese components in the 5g hardware to hide what it’s doing. Maybe that’s one of the unspoken reasons for wanting to keep ChiCom companies out of our 5g network. Maybe we already knew of a specific vulnerability related to intelligence gathering and secure transmission.
What are the chances of any of this government press release article being authentic?
Answer: 0.0
That first balloon is allegedly Chinese.
But the White House has denied that the others were aliens.
So they are definitely aliens.
Kirby: "There are things flying at high altitudes for various purposes … we think we're seeing more because we're looking for more."
Wow, I can't believe he said this out loud!
clear plastic
let’s build a greenhouse!
5 sidewinder missiles used to shoot down 4 balloons. What’s the cost difference? Do our planes shoot bullets anymore?
Wonder how many NORAD weather balloons continue to drift around after their useful life expires? Wonder how many of the mystery balloons being shot down by Crazy Joe are old NORAD balloons?
so much for the SpaceForce...